Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-20
RgPTURED CLAN-NA-GAEL.
of Robbery anu
Treachery Everywhere.

| TreACnefy ENeTy w"bo
New YoRR, May l9,--The Mail and
E,rpress says: The Clan.Na'Gael So
oiety. which numbers among its mem
bers two United States Senators, the
Governors of several States, Mayors of a
dozen cities, as well as Congressman on
National Importance, Is completely dis
rupted, and the fight among the classes
has become SO bitter that eer'
tain members have been openly charged
with selling the secrets of the order
| to the British Government. which, II is
alleged, has been the means OF supply
| ing information to the London Times.
| The Clan-na- Gael Society was formed
| in the United states after the abortive
revolution in Ireland during the spring
of 1867. Camps were organized in every
city in the United States aud in every
town OF consequence. Brooklyn has
nearly dozen camps, with members as
high az $500. New York has more;
Philadelphia next; then Chicago, st.
Louis, Pittsburg, Troy, Buffalo. Albany.
San Francisco, New Haven, Boston,
Lowell. Providence, Scranton and Hoo
sic Falls.
THE BINDING OATH.
Powderly was one of the chiefs, when
Mayor, of the Scranton society oath
bound, the object of which was to free
Ireland. To day the society has not
only split in halves, but one OF the mem
bers, said to reside in New Haven, is |
charged with appropriating $4,000 from
the revolutionary fund, and other men,
bers of the Supreme Executive Board are
taxed with living ON assessments drawn
from the members.
WAR TO THE KNIFE.
Open warfare has been instituted be.
tween the leaders, and the camps are
divided into almost equal factions. The
leaders are taking with them the name
Clan.na gael The camps remaining in
tine original order adopting another
name. Patrick Egan, of Lincoln, Neb.;
Sullivan, of Chicago; Col.
Boland, OF Louisville, and Rey.
nolds of New Haven, form the leaders
of the original faction, while John De-
vey, William b. Wallace, and l. awyer
Golf, of Broadway, are the leading men
in the new Clan. gael.
WHERE is THE COIN!
Members wondered where the money
was going to which they had contrib
nted. According to the constitution
they were not allowed to ask. Members
are only supposed to know their local !
1tiicers. Before the demand came for
fifty per cent. of sixty five camps in this {
country, Alexander sullivan and Pat. 6
lick Egan, secured the expulsion of c
John Dewey and his followers. Open I
charges of robbery were then made. 1t
vas alleged that British spies had ,
yained q foothold in the order. The I
esult was majority of the camps re. !
used to turn over the fifty per cent of l
heir receipts to the Treasurer. Some T
If these camps were promptly expelled; {
'thers did not wait for expulsion, but |
their oatbs withdrew IRON I
he order.
WHAT NEW GLAN-NA-GAEL WILL DO.
The new Clan.na Gael proposes to /,
lrive Alexander Sullivan, Patrick Egan {
nd their followers out of all the Irish .
ocieties. They are to be placed upon =
he black list. DR.. Belts, leading !
Protestant clergyman of the West, until
ecently located at st. Louis. is leader
I one of the factions. He is bitterly
enounced by some persons in New i
,ork, who claim that they know where
he London Times got it's information.